I stocked up on after-Easter clearance plastic eggs last year and thought now was the perfect time to turn them into classy spring decor for my home.

I started with twine that I bought from a home improvement store.  A note about this: I bought this spool of twine about 5 years ago for $12 and used it to string balloons to completely cover the ceiling in a very large gym.  5 years worth of craft projects and gift wrapping later, and there is still this much remaining.

Best crafting money ever spent, and a great lesson about looking for your craft supplies outside of the craft store.

Now, on to the egg!  Grab a plastic Easter egg – any size you like – and put a small dot of hot glue on the top.  Stick the end of the twine on the dot of glue and hold it in place until it’s dry.

Now just start wrapping the twine around the egg, keeping each row close to the last so you don’t have gaps of the colored egg showing through.  Use a small dot of glue on each side of the egg to hold the twine in place and keep it from slipping as you wrap.

Just keep wrapping until you get to the bottom.  When you only have a small circle of egg left on the other end, wrap the twine without glue to determine how much you’ll need to finish and cut it off at the correct length.  Then, fill in the remaining exposed circle of egg with glue, and rewrap the twine around to fill it, and hold until the glue is set.  That’s it!  So easy, and mindless enough to do while you’re watching a little evening TV.

For a different look, try painting the finished egg.  Just use watered down craft paint and cover all of the twine.  The paint will soak in and leave a really cool, natural almost translucent look (I don’t know if it is showing in the picture very well; it is a really cool look!)  If you’re not a fan of the hairy twine, just grab a pair of sharp scissors and give your egg a trim.

Here is another fun version of the same technique using fabric instead of twine.

For these, I just cut long, thin strips of fabric, then I twisted the strips as I attached to the egg just like with the twine.  You will probably want to use more glue on these to keep the fabric from slipping.  Experiment with the width of fabric and with how much you twist it to get different looks.  If you just twist a half twist and attach, then twist again and attach, you get a really cool ruffled effect.  I left my eggs really shabby looking, with frayed edges and loose threads; I love the look and it makes it a super fast project.